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        PEHOTNI POLK</strong><br>
        <font size="1">(K.u.K. Infanterie regiment Freiherr von Succovaty Nr. 
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        <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Founded 
          in 1883 from one batallion of Infantry Regiments No, 7, 27 and 47 respectively 
          and Hunters' Batallion No. 35. Its conscription district comprised the 
          Celje district including Ptuj and also Pohorje. In 1914 the regiment 
          headquarters were in Ptuj; the 2nd and 3rd Batallions were stationed 
          there, the 1st Batallion in Celje and the 4th in Skadar. The regiment 
          colour was marine green.<br>
          </font><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In 
          August 1914 the 1st, 2nd and 3rd'batallions were transferred to Galicia 
          (into the 55th Infantry Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, IIIrd Corpus, 
          2nd Army ). The regiment was defeated, together with the IIIrd corpus, 
          in the battle at Zioczow, on 26th August 1914: it had around 350 dead 
          and 1050 wounded. It passed the winter 1914-1915 in the Carpathians, 
          on 28th February, in deep snow, it carried out unsuccessful attacks 
          towards Regetow. The 4th Batallion which was in Skadar at the beginning 
          of war formed, together with a detachment of the German Marine Infantry, 
          a separated Skadar detachment, before the fights for Visegrad it was 
          added to the 1st Infantry Division. On 19th September 1914 the Serbs 
          began attacking the posts of this division on the Borin and Biljeg heights 
          but the Austrians kept them after a nighttime counter-attack in which 
          the 4th Batallion of the 87th Infantry Regiment also participated. The 
          batallion also fought the battles at Jagodnja from 19th to 22nd September 
          1914. It stayed in the Balkan scene of fight throughout 1915, in May 
          1916 it became part of the 9th Mountain Brigade of the 57th Infantry 
          Division od the Tirol scene of fight.<br>
          In May 1915 the 10th Marching Batallion (X/87) was moved to the posts 
          against Italy, in June it fought against Italians on the Doberdob plateau, 
          and in Autumn the whole regiment was moved from the East to the Soca 
          (Isonzo) scene of fight. Here it remained until Spring 1916 when it 
          was sent to Tirol as a reinforcement before the great offensive. On 
          20th May 1916 the 87th Infantry Regiment tried an assault on the Italian 
          trenches on Costesino, but the attack failed and particularly the 3rd 
          Batallion suffered severe casualties. The following day the attack was 
          repeated and again it was the 3rd Batallion to suffer worst, but many 
          Italians were captured. In June the regiment participated in the Asiago 
          fighting on the right wing of the 28th Infantry Division. During the 
          Italian attack on 10th August the regiment retained its posts, in the 
          night of 6th August it carried out a successful attack on Cra. Zebio 
          and inflicted severe casualties on the Italians. In Autumn 1916 the 
          Regiment was again on the Soca (Isonzo) scene of fight.<br>
          In November 1917 the 4th Batallion fought in the 9th Mountain Brigade 
          in the Dolomites, in the fights for Mt. Meletta on 4th December it was 
          part of reserve. On 23rd December it conquered Mte. Melago on its own, 
          but received no support and had to withdraw. In 1918 the 87th Infantry 
          Regiment was on the Piave, during the unsuccessful offensive on 17th 
          June it attacked near Lampolo and reached Campologno by evening.<br>
          The 87th Infantry Regiment from Celje was regarded as one of the best 
          units of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Its core was markedly Slovenian: 
          in May 1918 it consisted of 84 % of Slovenes, 10 % Germans, 3 % Poles 
          etc. It was remarkable that its batallions passed through Celje with 
          an unfurled Slovenian flag. In November 1918 the Celje Regiment of the 
          new Slovenian Army was formed from the 87th Infantry Regiment.</font></p>
        <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
          Janez J. Svajncer: Svetovna vojna 1914-1918 (Pokrajinski muzej Maribor, 
          1988</font><br>
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